Sophia Peters was due to go back to her boarding school after the half-term break on the day that she diedPA

The wife of an antiques dealer jailed for life for murdering their daughter said that she questions why he did not kill himself rather than their “beautiful, loving” seven-year-old child.

Robert Peters, 56, was jailed for a minimum of 24 years yesterday for killing Sophia in her bedroom with a dressing gown cord in November. He had been depressed and had twice attempted suicide after ending a two-year affair with a married woman and returning to his family.

Sophia’s mother, Krittiya Peters, said in a statement read to the Old Bailey at his sentencing: “I would give anything I have to be able to bring my daughter back. I could not believe what happened.”

Robert Peters changed his plea to guilty after the trial had startedPA

Mrs Peters said she had at first been concerned about her…

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